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Sat, March 8 2025 8 Adar 5785

Thursday, April 24, 2025 • 26 Nisan 5785

7:30 PM - 9:00 PMB'nai Israel Congregation

Tobi’s father Mendel Potash was born in a small town called Szczurowice, Poland. He was just 7 years old when the war began, experiencing it at first as a child, thinking it was a game...until it became very real. The Russians arrived, and then the Germans. Aunts and uncles suddenly were put on trains and just gone...forever. Then, Mendel narrowly escaped death on numerous occasions. He survived only because of luck, smarts, and the kindness of a few. Through many dangerous moments, he spent most of the war in hiding. It wasn’t until he was 16, and many family members dead, that he finally left Europe for good, never to return.

TOBI BASSIN grew up in Toronto, Canada. She and her husband, Stuart, have been members at B’nai Israel since 2003. As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she felt it important to devote her teaching career to Jewish Education. Currently, she works as an English Language specialist, supporting the Israeli community at CESJDS to learn English and integrate into the community. In her spare time, Tobi volunteers with the JCRC as a facilitator to help lead the Maggid program which trains second-generation survivors (children of survivors) to share their parents’ stories of survival during the Holocaust.

Zikaron BaSalon is an initiative of people who decided to take action and create a new way - more intimate, meaningful, and accessible - to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. Held in private homes or in other intimate settings, Zikaron BaSalon is one way to ensure that we never forget.

Join us at B'nai Israel on Thursday, April 24 when Tobi will share her father's story with our community. 

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